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Published on January 15, 2012 under Western Hockey League (WHL)
Seattle Thunderbirds News Release


Kent - The Portland Winterhawks shut out the Seattle Thunderbirds 4-0 Saturday night at the ShoWare Center.

Seattle (16-23-0-1) faces the Spokane Chiefs at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena Monday at 2 pm.

Ty Rattie scored a power-play goal to get Portland (29-12-2-1) on the board at 3:13 of the second period. Brad Ross and Derrick Pouliot had the assists.

Portland made it 2-0 at 3:54 of the second on an unassisted goal by Oliver Gabriel.

Marcel Noebels scored Portland's third goal at 12:32 of the second. The goal was assisted by Derrick Pouliot and Troy Ruktowski.

Portland went ahead 4-0 on a goal by Rutkowski at 18:21 of the third. Ross and Joe Morrow had the assists.

Portland finished with a 52-25 advantage in shots on goal at the end of the game.

Calvin Pickard made 48 saves on 52 shots, making his record 16-19-0-1.

Mac Carruth saved all 25 shots on goal, improving his record to 27-10-1-0.

T-Birds single game tickets for the 2011-12 season are available online at the T-Birds website 8fVncR95Ncdg7eVDaLxvq95VC-GZFFo3GTZmcaAjUdF09QG) and at the ShoWare Center box office. The ShoWare Center Box Office is open Monday through Friday 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday game days at 10 a.m. and Sunday game days at noon.

T-Birds season tickets are currently on sale. Season tickets can be purchased by calling the T-Birds office at 253-239-7825.




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